{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = The Alpena News | logo = File:The Alpena News logo.png | image = | caption = | type = Daily newspaper | format = Broadsheet | founded = 1899<ref name="linked">{{cite web |url=https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-alpena-news |title=Alpena News |author=Alpena News |publisher=Linked in |access-date=December 2, 2014}}</ref> | ceased_publication = | owners = Ogden Newspapers | publisher = William Speer | editor = Steve Murch | circulation = 5,918 Daily<br/> | circulation_date = 2022 | circulation_ref = <ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-01 |title=2022-2023 Michigan Press Association Member Directory |url=https://michiganpress.org/directory-flipbook/ |access-date=2023-04-22 |website=Michigan Press Association |language=en-US |archive-date=April 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422211811/https://michiganpress.org/directory-flipbook/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> | headquarters = 130 Park Place, Alpena 49707 | ISSN = | website = {{URL|thealpenanews.com}} }}
'''''The Alpena News''''' is a general daily newspaper in the city of Alpena, Michigan in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://members.michiganpress.org/list |title=Michigan Press Association list of members |publisher=Michigan Press Association |access-date=April 4, 2017}}</ref> It is published by Ogden Newspapers Inc. News reports are available on line.<ref>[http://www.thealpenanews.com/ ''The Alpena News'' home page.]</ref> The paper was founded in 1899.<ref name="linked"/><ref name="History">{{cite web |work=Michigan Newspaper History |title=Alpena County |url=http://michigannewspaperhistory.pbworks.com/w/page/20854437/Alpena%20County |access-date=April 4, 2017}}</ref> {{efn-ua|Another source erroneously claims the founding was in 1909.<ref name="cortera">{{cite web|url=http://start.cortera.com/company/research/k3p4oqr1o/alpena-news-the/|title=ALPENA NEWS|work=cortera.com}}</ref> In fact, that was the year that ''The Alpena News'' was incorporated by James Collins, W. R. Roberson and Thomas J. Ferguson.{{sfn|Law|Law|1975|page=41}}}} The paper currently has between 20 and 50 employees.<ref name="cortera"/>
It is the newspaper of record for Alpena County. The circulation area of the Alpena News covers much of Northern Michigan, with a particular emphasis on counties in the northeast lower peninsula.
==History== On August 1, 1899, E.S. Meers began publishing ''The Alpena Evening News''. It was renamed as ''The Alpena News'' in 1914.<ref name="History"/>
In its early years it was edited by James Collins, a fiery and opinionated Irishman, who continued as editor until 1909 when he then edited the ''Alpena Argus-Pioneer''.{{sfn|Law|Law|1975|page=39}}
Alpena had many papers initially. There have been at least a dozen papers (some are name changes) over the years.<ref name="History"/> In 1900, there were two dailies, the ''Echo'' and the ''News''; and three weeklies, ''Alpena Weekly Argus'', ''Farmer'' and ''Pioneer''. The ''News'' was left as the sole survivor by 1918.{{sfn|Law|Law|1975|page=40}}
''The Alpena News'' is owned by Ogden Newspapers, which includes Escanaba's ''Daily Press'', Houghton's ''The Daily Mining Gazette'', Iron Mountain ''Daily News'', Marquette's ''The Mining Journal'', and ''Discover''.
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==Sources== *{{Cite book |title=Home Was Alpena |first1=John Wesley |last1=Law |first2=Deloris A. |last2=Law |location=Alpena, Michigan |publisher=Village Press |year=1975 |isbn=978-1-60307-240-3}}
==External links== *[http://www.thealpenanews.com/ ''The Alpena News'' home page.]
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